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"modifier is not allowed on a destructor" error when compiled with nvcc in VS2013

I am on Visual Studio 2013 and is trying to compile a CUDA code that utilizes inheritance and C++11. The code below returns "modifier is not allowed on a destructor" error because of the "override".

// derived.cuh
class derived : public base
{
 public:
  derived();
  ~derived() override;
};

where the destructor of the base class is virtual. The exact same code compiles fine on Ubuntu. The exact same code also compiles fine with default Visual studio c++ compiler if I change the .cu and .cuh to .cpp and .h. C++11 is enabled because if the "override" is appended on a normal function it also compiles fine. See example below, 

// derived2.cuh
class derived2 : public base
{
 public:
  derived2();
  ~derived2();

  void func() override;
};

where func() is an virtual function in the base class.

How to get rid of the "modifier is not allowed on a destructor" error when compiled with nvcc in VS2013?

Solution

  • Filed this bug to NVIDIA, and they responded back that this will be fixed in the next CUDA release (presumably 8.0).